James Mattis Quotes
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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I'm just a Connecticut country boy. The people I've known, the changes of season, the call of the blue jay - when I'm away, all of them haunt me.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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The company that creates one global social graph will be very important going forward. It will be Facebook, with maybe 2-3 local social networks able to sustain competition long term.
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I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.
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And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.
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If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.
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No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.
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Vegetables deplete soil. They're extractive. If soil has a bank account, vegetables make the largest withdrawals.
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The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.
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I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the time, and it's really personal to me, my Muslim beliefs, so I decided to keep it and find a way to work around it. I don't see it as a restriction or limitation - I can still be me and get into music and be an entertainer.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.
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I had a temper when I played junior golf and had my clubs taken away for slamming them on the ground. I learned very quickly that I didn't want my clubs taken away from me.
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Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to come out easily in the beginning. If you're afraid to say what you really have to say, you stammer. [...] You're judging yourself, you know, thinking about your listener. You're not thinking about what you're saying. And that same thing happens when you write.
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To protect our kids, we've given law enforcement new tools to fight human trafficking.
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Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.
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There is only one 'retirement plan' for terrorists.
